“Maalan Narayanan, a senior journalist who has covered Tamil Nadu politics for decades, says that Stalin doesn’t have that oratory skills and one allegation is that he mostly reads from written speeches. Stalin has, however, established himself as the leader of DMK in absence of Karunanidhi ……
Narayanan thinks that just attacking BJP won’t help Stalin. If Stalin comes back to power, the senior journalist says, he will need the Centre’s support. The state budget for salaries and freebies are not enough — “he will have to borrow either from the World Bank or the RBI, in both the case, he will need the Centre’s consent. But if he compromises, he would be termed as turncoat. If he doesn’t cooperate, there won’t be any development and Tamil Nadu would become another West Bengal”. Does he want to be in that situation? Well, it looks he doesn’t have a choice, his decisions as chief minister, if he becomes one, will determine his legacy.”
–on Can MK Stalin finally break away from Karunanidhi’s shadow?
